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Thu, 11/11/2010 - 12:42
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Myanmar nationals reluctant to return home as artillery heard from Myanmar side
KANCHANABURI, Nov 11 -- The rumble of nearly continuous artillery explosions and gunfire coming from the Phaya Tong Su area near Myanmar's Three Pagodas Pass early Thursday morning led residents who fled to shelter in Thailand's Kanchanaburi hesitate to return home after the intensified fighting had earlier eased.
No shells landed in Thailand's territory but the Myanmar people who earlier returned to their homes on Wednesday evening have crossed the border to return to Thailand again and Thai officials have prepared shelter for them.
The Surasee Task Force which oversees border security in Kanchanaburi boosted security measures to prevent any armed group from entering Thai territory.
Medical personnel are on stand-by in case the Myanmar nationals may injured from the fighting before entering Thailand.
Kanchanaburi's Sangkhla Buri district chief said the situation at Phaya Tong Su seemed to have eased and some Myanmar people has gradually returned homes. However, he said shops at the border will remain closed for another day for safety reason and if no fighting erupts, the situation would be declared normal this evening.
Myanmar nationals have crossed the border to Kanchanaburi's Sangkhla Buri district since the clashes between the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) and Myanmar army forces inside the Myanmar border town of Phaya Tong Su earlier this week.
Clashes also occurred in Myawaddy but the last group of Burmese and other ethnic Myanmar people who fled fighting in Myawaddy to Mae Sot district in Tak had returned home Wednesday morning.
The French news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported that six Myanmar ethnic rebel groups - Kachin National Organization (KNO), Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP), Karen National Union (KNU), Mon New State Party (MNSP), Shan State Army-North (SSA-N) -- have formed a coalition to step up hostilities with government.
AFP quoted a representative of the KNO as saying that the alliance accord was made three days before the election and warned that hostilities would increasingly be moved to urban areas. He also claimed that the new alliance would increase number of their fighters to at least 30,000. (MCOT online news)
No shells landed in Thailand's territory but the Myanmar people who earlier returned to their homes on Wednesday evening have crossed the border to return to Thailand again and Thai officials have prepared shelter for them.
The Surasee Task Force which oversees border security in Kanchanaburi boosted security measures to prevent any armed group from entering Thai territory.
Medical personnel are on stand-by in case the Myanmar nationals may injured from the fighting before entering Thailand.
Kanchanaburi's Sangkhla Buri district chief said the situation at Phaya Tong Su seemed to have eased and some Myanmar people has gradually returned homes. However, he said shops at the border will remain closed for another day for safety reason and if no fighting erupts, the situation would be declared normal this evening.
Myanmar nationals have crossed the border to Kanchanaburi's Sangkhla Buri district since the clashes between the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) and Myanmar army forces inside the Myanmar border town of Phaya Tong Su earlier this week.
Clashes also occurred in Myawaddy but the last group of Burmese and other ethnic Myanmar people who fled fighting in Myawaddy to Mae Sot district in Tak had returned home Wednesday morning.
The French news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported that six Myanmar ethnic rebel groups - Kachin National Organization (KNO), Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP), Karen National Union (KNU), Mon New State Party (MNSP), Shan State Army-North (SSA-N) -- have formed a coalition to step up hostilities with government.
AFP quoted a representative of the KNO as saying that the alliance accord was made three days before the election and warned that hostilities would increasingly be moved to urban areas. He also claimed that the new alliance would increase number of their fighters to at least 30,000. (MCOT online news)
